Parasol for baby-carriages



(No Model.)

G. W. TRAVERS. PARASOL FOR BABY GARRIAGES.

Patented Aug. 20, 1889.

ATTORNEYS- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE XV. TRAVERS, OF HOBOKEN, NEXV JERSEY.

PARASOL FOR BABY-CARRIAG ES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 409,435, dated. August 20, 1889.

Applieationfiled May 20, 1889. Serial No. 311,403- (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE XV. TRAVERS, of Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, a citizen of the United States, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Parasols for Bab y-Oarriages, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in parasols for baby-carriages, and especially to that class in which the parasol is held on or supported by a curved rod secured per1na nently or adj ustably on the body of the carriage.

The object of my invention is to provide a parasol of this kind which can be opened or closed very readily and can be applied or removed easily and rapidly.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts and details, as will be fully described and set forth hereinafter, and finally pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical transverse sectional view of my improved parasol for baby-carriages, showing it opened and held on the rod. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional View showing a modified construction of the device for holding it on the rod, parts being broken out.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The parasol-ribs A are pivoted to the notch Bin the usual manner. Said notch is provided with a downwardly-projecting spindle or stem 0, and with a knob D, button, or other ornamental projection on its upper end above the top of the parasol.

The stretchers E are pivoted at their inner ends to the runner F and at their outer ends to the ribs A. Said runner F is provided in its top with an aperture or socket G for receiving the lower end of the spindle C.

To the lower end of the runner F the clamping device H is hinged, which serves for holding the parasol in place on the rod J and above the same, or the clamping device may be made integral with the runner, as shown in Fig. 2. To close the parasol, the knob D is pulled upward, and thereby the spindle O is removed from the top aperture or socket of the runner and the parasol folded.

To open the parasol, the knob D is pressed downward until the lower end of the spindle O enters the top aperture or socket G of the runner. Thereby theinner ends of the stretchers are moved downward beyond the center and stretch and bend the ribs and return them in this position. The parasol can be opened or closed easily and rapidly from the top, and thus there is no need of bending down in order to be able to see the under side of the parasol when adjusting the same, as has been necessary for parasols that are suspended from the rod.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- In a baby-carriage, the combination, with the body, of a parasol-supporting rod, notched ribs hinged to the same, which notch has a knob or head on its upper end and a spindle or stem on its lower end, a runner having a socket or aperture in its upper end, to which W'itnesses: V

OSCAR F. GUNZ, JOHN A. STRALEY. 

